Another Monday, Another Few Hundred Jobs Lost in Wisconsin

Should we blame the Scott Walker Administration for the layoffs Frontier Airlines is planning in Milwaukee?  That’s 213 jobs lost, according to the Milwaukee Jounral Sentinel.  Should we blame the Scott Walker Administration for the jobs lost when Thermo Fisher Scientific closes its plant in Two Rivers later this year?  That’s 120 jobs according to [...]

Another day, another John Doe investigation focused on possible illegal behavior by conservatives

Last month I noted the allegations conservative group Wisconsin Right to Life had engaged in vote bribery by offering rewards to volunteers who signed up sympathetic voters in Wisconsin’s State Senate recall elections.

Well it seems that story has some serious legs, as it’s being reported the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office has opened a [...]

Walker administration interviews woman for job filled three days earlier by Cynthia Archer

From the files of “conservatives are far better at campaigning than they are at governing” comes this gem: Three days after Cindy Archer was to have started her job as the legislative liaison at the state Department of Children and Families – and while she was already being paid sick leave for it – the [...]

SNL’s take on the Republican presidential debates

It’s funny because it’s true.